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Helpful hints on maintaining your car. For classic & modern cars.
Ball Joint Replace
How to Replace a Car Ball Joint Ball joints are used to connect lower suspension control arm to the steering knuckle on the spindle. When turning your vehicle, the suspension travels up and down and still needs to keep constant control of the wheels, the ball joint allows the control arm to keep so ...
Base units Terms Explained SI 2
Base units Terms Explained Derived units are formed by powers, products or quotients of the base units and are unlimited in number; Derived units are associated with derived quantities, for example velocity is a quantity that is derived from the base quantities of time and distance which, in SI, ha ...
Bentley ECU upgrades
ECU Remapping for Bentley Guide to possible BHP and Torgue improvement, on Bentley cars with ECU remapping or upgrade. Model Variant Original BHP Tuning Performance Azure 6.8 389 BHP Stage 1: ECU Remap +111 BHP +140 Nm Torque Brooklands R 6.8 300 BHP Stage 1: ECU Remap +20 BHP +45 Nm Torque Contine ...
Bleed and Flush a Brake System
How to Bleed and Flush a Car Brake System The brake fluid in your cars brake system is a hydraulic based fluid that is used to transfer force from the brake pedal to the brake caliper or the wheel cylinder. The purpose of the brake system fluid change is remove moisture, air and containment's from ...
Blind spot explained
Car Blind spot explained A blind spot in a vehicle is an area around the vehicle that cannot be directly observed by the driver while at the controls, under existing circumstances.Blind spots exist in a wide range of vehicles: cars, trucks, motorboats and aircraft. Other types of transport have no ...
Blue Smoke from Engine Exhaust Pipe
Blue Smoke from Exhaust Pipe explained Many people consider blue smoke from a car to be elusive. Blue smoke is generally caused because of several specific conditions in the vehicle's engine. We will help you determine what the problem is so it can be corrected and stop the blue smoke. Blue smoke a ...
BMW ECU upgrades
ECU Remapping for BMW Guide to possible BHP and Torgue improvement, on BMW cars with ECU remapping or upgrade. Model Variant Original SRS II Tuning Performance 1 Series E81 116i 122 BHP - Stage 1 ECU Remap 10 BHP 20 Nm Torque 1 Series E81 118i 143 BHP - Stage 1 ECU Remap 30 BHP 61 Nm Torque 1 Serie ...
BMW tyre pressures chart
BMW tyre pressures chart This chart should be used as a guideline only. Model Year-(MY) Torque (NM) Tyre Size Pressure Front (PSI) Pressure Rear (PSI) 1 Series (E81/82/87/88) 04 – 13 120 185/60R16 31 35 1 Series (E81/82/87/88) 04 – 13 120 195/55R16 31 35 1 Series (E81/82/87/88) 04 – 13 120 205/55R1 ...
BMW Wheel PCD & Offsets
BMW Wheel Fitment Guide PCD & Offsets Model Year PCD Offset Bore 1 Series 04 on 5×120 35 to 45 72.6 3 series 84 to 91 4X100 15 to 25 57.1 3 series 91 to 99 5×120 35 to 45 72.6 3 series 99 to 04 5×120 35 to 45 72.6 3 series 04 on 5×120 35 to 45 72.6 3 series M3 89 to 92 5×120 15 to 25 72.6 3 series ...
Body roll explained
Car Body roll explained On wheeled or tracked vehicles, body roll is a reference to the load transfer of a vehicle towards the outside of a turn. When a vehicle is fitted with a suspension package, it works to keep the wheels or tracks in contact with the road, providing grip for the driver of vehi ...
Boost gauge
Boost gauge A boost gauge is a pressure gauge that indicates manifold air pressure or turbocharger or supercharger boost pressure in an internal combustion engine. They are commonly mounted on the dashboard, on the driver's side pillar, or in a radio slot. Turbochargers and superchargers are both e ...
Bootleg 180 turn
Car 180 Bootleg turn explained A bootleg turn is a driving maneuver intended to reverse the direction of travel of a forward-moving automobile by 180 degrees in a minimum amount of time while staying within the width of a two-lane road. This maneuver is also known as a smuggler's turn, powerslide o ...
Brake Caliper Front Replace
How to Replace a car front Brake Caliper Front and rear brake calipers are an extremely important component of the braking system. On vehicles built after the late 1960’s, most all vehicles used front disc brakes which utilize brake calipers. Many new vehicles now offer four wheel disc brakes which ...
Brake Master Cylinder Replace
How to Replace Car Brake Master Cylinder The brake master cylinder is the manual hydraulic pressure part of the brake system. The brake master holds hydraulic brake fluid that is used to actuate the brake system. Brake fluid flows through brake system components and then to the front brake caliper ...
Brake Pads & Rotors Rear replace
Replace Rear Brake Pads and Rotors (disks) How to replace rear disks and pads.Rear disc brake pads offer better performance and are not as affected by moisture like conventional brake shoe style brakes are. Rear disc brakes are similar to front disc brakes. The main difference is that rear disc bra ...
Brake Pads Rotors Front Replace
How to Replace Front Brake Pads and Rotors (Disks) The front brake pads androtors are normal service items on most cars Besides removing the front wheels and visually inspecting the brake pad lining thickness here are a handful of other signs you can look for indicating that you might need new brak ...
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